Neologisms

I've wanted some new words to describe things. ChatGPT is good for that, but I helped it along: 1 ) I need a word for the sort of weird hand waves people do in front of faucets with automatic sensors to get them to turn on: sink chi. For the automatic soap dispenser: clean chi.... Continue Reading →

Family

Family can be who you choose to hang on to. I've known many people who collect, and then discard, friends. (I know this because I was collected then traded off at some point.) I have very rarely let go of friends on my own. There are one or two painful exceptions, where we've changed in... Continue Reading →

Family

So I'm on a family extravaganza in the US. I probably see people more living in another country than if lived somewhere closer. I make the effort now, where I might not living in the same country. The family-count is good and getting better (more or less in the order that I've been seeing them):... Continue Reading →

To Smoke or not to Be

My friend (and ex-husband) had an operation this week. He had a black spot in his lungs and the surgeon went in and chopped out part of a lobe. When the black part was tested, it was cancer. The operation apparently went well and he won't need chemotherapy, or at least not yet. Just for... Continue Reading →

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